Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-23 | Page 11 | Manush Climbs in Batting Bee

Manush Climbs In Batting Bee Vaughn Leads in National League Batting Race Gehringer Falls NEW YORK June 23 Both JP-Both P Both major leagues were crowned with new batting leaders during the past week Heinie Heinle Manush of the Washington Senators with an average of or set the pace in III the Ame American ican league replacing replacing replacing re re- re- re placing Charlie Gehringer of the Detroit Tigers leader a week ago who dropped from 4 O to Starting Starting Start Start- ing inc the past week weck with Manush collected 17 hits in 33 trips to the plate and became the first major leaguer to pass the mark in base hits hils Floyd Vaughan the Pittsburgh Pirates Pirates' Pi Pl rates' rates shortstop climbed six notches during the week to f first place in the National league which he tJ topped with He Ill batted at a clip I gathering 13 safeties out of 26 times at bat to add 10 percentage points to his previous average of or Joe Medwick of or the St Sl Louis Cardinals slipped down to second place toppling top top- pling plin from to The standings AMERICAN S' LEAGUE LEGUE O a AB AD R. R It Il Pet Manush h. h Senators 60 tel a 21 ISO 4 49 45 J rr Tigers 59 22 58 18 91 Il TravIs Trails Senators 4 45 25 65 CI 5 Cleveland 44 H 29 9 63 Knickerbocker Indians Indiana 56 6 38 85 Gehrig Yankees 57 23 60 50 80 higgins Athletics 59 3 35 33 76 16 Simmons White Sox 53 43 34 14 Hemsley Bro Browns ns 49 21 58 M R. R Johnson Red Sox 59 2311 38 80 NATIONAL LEAGUE O. O loB A. n. n H. H Pet Vaughan Pirates 56 02 GO 60 75 Medwick Cards 58 53 13 88 Terry Tern Giants 60 n 47 83 81 Taylor Dodgers 50 29 66 Leslie Dod Dodgers ers 61 33 as 85 otto Ott Giants 60 48 7 ill Doyle Boyle Do Dodgers kelS 51 37 31 62 GIants 60 n 47 92 Braves Bra 52 49 83 Allen 57 43 80